Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Install

Timestamp:

Apr 23, 2011, 1:21:34 PM (14 years ago)

Author:

becoulet

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Install

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+= Summary =
+
+Building and running MutekH requires some development tools.
+Most should be available from your operating system packages.
+A script to easily get other specific tools installed is provided.
+
+= Required tools =
+
+== Repository access ==
+
+The MutekH source code is available from its mercurial repository.
+You will need [http://mercurial.selenic.com/ mercurial] (>=1.5) to fetch the source:
+
+{{{
+hg clone http://www.mutekh.org/hg/mutekh
+}}}
+
+MutekH rely on the [http://mercurial.selenic.com/wiki/Subrepository Subrepository]
+feature of mercurial. Some external projects subrepositories require [http://subversion.tigris.org/ subversion]
+to be installed so they are fetched automatically.
+The [source:hg/.hgsub] file contains the external repositories list.
+If some source files are missing, ensure your mercurial version is not outdated
+or perform additional checkouts by hand.
+
+== Toolchain ==
+
+Building MutekH requires the following standard software packages:
+
+ - The [http://gcc.gnu.org/ GNU Compiler Collection] (gcc) (>=4.4.2).
+ - [http://www.gnu.org/software/make/ GNU make] (>=3.81).
+ - A [http://www.perl.org/ perl] script interpreter (>=5.8).
+ - A python 2 interpreter.
+
+Some builds may require the following additional tools, depending on the target architecture and build configuration:
+
+ - The [FlattenedDeviceTree flattened device tree] compiler (dtc): This tool comes with toolchains.
+ - The heterogeneous linker found in [source:hg/tools/hlink], for heterogeneous platforms only.
+
+== Target simulation tools ==
+
+You may need real hardware or a simulator to run MutekH (Arch/Emu target doesn't need one though):
+
+ - [http://www.qemu.org/ Qemu] to run MutekH, available in most GNU/Linux distributions.
+ - [http://bochs.sourceforge.net/ Bochs] an other x86 emulator, available in most GNU/Linux distributions.
+ - [https://www.soclib.fr/ SoCLib] to experiment with various multiprocessor platforms (Mips, !PowerPc, Arm, ...). A precompiled SoCLib platform is available [https://www.mutekh.org/www/tools/ here] for test purpose. We suggest building your own platforms by installing SoCLib (see soclib:InstallationNotes).
+
+All this simulators can be with the [http://www.gnu.org/software/gdb/ GNU debugger].
+
+You may need extra tools to prepare bootable kernel images for some targets:
+
+ - GNU mtools or mkisofs to create a x86 bootable disk images, available in most GNU/Linux distributions.
+ - GNU grub or etherboot to boot compiled kernel images, included in boot image in [source:hg/tools/] directory.
+
+The [source:hg/tools/x86_cdrom.sh] and [source:hg/tools/x86_floppy.sh] scripts are available to easily create boot disk images.
+
+= Getting the tools =
+
+Some tools are readily available in most GNU/Linux distributions.
+
+Other tools require being build with a specific set of options and customized for a particular target.
+MutekH comes with a script to build and install these tools for you.
+
+== Building tools from source ==
+
+The [source:hg/tools/crossgen.mk tools/crossgen.mk] script
+is able to download, patch, build and install required specific tools for you.
+
+The following commands display help and default configuration:
+{{{
+ $ cd .../mutekh
+ $ tools/crossgen.mk
+[display some help]
+ $ tools/crossgen.mk config
+[display default configuration]
+}}}
+
+The following example shows how to get a little endian Mips cross-compiler installed under `~/mutekh`:
+{{{
+ $ tools/crossgen.mk TARGET=mipsel PREFIX=$HOME/mutekh toolchain
+}}}
+
+This script can install the following tools for you:
+ - GNU Compiler Collection ({{{gcc}}}),
+ - GNU Binutils,
+ - GNU Debugger ({{{gdb}}}),
+ - Device Tree Compiler ({{{dtc}}}),
+ - Bochs x86 emulator,
+ - Qemu processor emulator,
+ - Modified GNU coreutils timeout command, used for testsuite ({{{testwrap}}})
+
+== Precompiled tools binaries ==
+
+Some precompiled toolchains are avaialble [https://www.mutekh.org/www/tools/ here] as static i386 Linux binaries for convenience and quick start purpose.
+It should work on any GNU/Linux i386 and x86_64 distributions. It was configured for installation in {{{/opt/mutekh}}}.
+
+We still recommend building your own up to date tools from source if you plan to work with MutekH.